TIL The largest swimming pool in the US was so large, lifeguards needed rowboats to patrol it. Fleishhaker Pool, built in San Francisco in 1924, measured 1,000 x 150 feet, contained 6.5 million gallons of water, and could hold 10,000 swimmers. In 1999 it was turned into parking for the zoo.
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Fleishhacker Pool
former swimming pool in San Francisco, California
TIL George Michael worked and re-worked his song "Careless Whisper" for 2 and half year's before finally releasing it. He went thru 8 saxophonists before finally settling on Steve Gregory who was able to play the riff exactly as Michael heard it in his head. The song topped charts in ten countries
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Careless Whisper
"Careless Whisper" is a song recorded by English singer-songwriter George Michael. Released as the second single from Wham!'s second studio album Make It Big (1984), it was written by Michael and Andrew Ridgeley, with Michael producing the song. Although…
TIL Abraham Lincoln actually liked the song “Dixie” despite its confederate association. After Richmond was captured he requested a band play it saying “Our adversaries over the way attempted to appropriate it, but I insisted yesterday that we fairly captured it.”
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Civil War Pop
“One of the Best Tunes I Have Ever Heard.”
150 years ago today, Abraham Lincoln publicly declared his love for the song “Dixie.” Having just returned from the recently-captured former Confederate capital of Richmond, he settled …
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TIL a study found that only 4% of women said that penetration is a reliable route to orgasm for them. The other 96% said their reliable route was clitoral stimulation, either alone or paired with penetration.
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The Conversation
The orgasm gap and why women climax less than men
Women have fewer orgasms than men. But this gap is cultural, not biological. Closing it is possible, both on a societal and personal level.
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TIL actress Georgia Tennant is the daughter of the 5th Doctor Who, Peter Davison, and the wife of 10th Doctor Who, David Tennant.
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TIL that in 2021, an organization called The Tip Project attempted to introduce American practices of gratuity into Japanese culture. The plan was met with severe backlash from locals who deemed the practice "un-Japanese", and the project was abandoned in early 2023.
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The Tip Project
business venture and organization
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TIL that the classic “devils horns” ears that Doberman dogs are known for is actually a result of a practice called “cropping”, where the flappy part of an animals ear is surgically removed.
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TIL the loud thumping air pressure changes in a moving car when a single window is rolled down is called Helmholtz Resonance. This also occurs when air is blown into the mouth of an empty bottle.
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Car and Driver
Explained: That Weird Throbbing When You Open One Car Window
Why is the wind buffeting so bad when one window is rolled down in your car?
TIL the Pokémon IP has an uncommon ownership structure as it is jointly owned by three companies: Game Freak, which develops the core video games; Nintendo, which publishes said games for their consoles; and Creature, which manages the trading card game and related merchandise.
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Pokémon
Japanese media franchise
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TIL In 458 BC, Father of the Greek tragedy, Aeschylus was returning to his home in Sicily when, just outside the city, he was killed when an eagle dropped a tortoise onto his head which had mistaken his head for a rock suitable for shattering the shell,
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Aeschylus
ancient Athenian playwright
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TIL that in 2023, Meta almost doubled Mark Zuckerberg’s personal security to $14,000,000 while cutting 11,000 jobs. Mark Zuckerberg called this the “year of efficiency”.
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the Guardian
Meta to pay more for Mark Zuckerberg’s personal security amid job losses
Spend increases by 40% to $14m after dismissing 11,000 employees
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TIL a classmate of Anne Frank, Theo Coster (Morris Simon, 1928-2019), founded with his wife Ora (1931-2021) a game design company which invented popular games such as Guess Who?, Zingo! and the breast-inspired Pop-It fidget toy. Their headstones were made to resemble the Guess Who? flip-up frames.
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Timesofisrael
Anne Frank’s Israeli classmate behind popular breast-inspired fidget toy
Husband-and-wife duo Theo and Ora Coster created over 150 toys and games, including Guess Who? Now, their GoPop! toy has sold millions of units and is a hit among TikTok users
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TIL that airplane emergency exit doors are impossible to open mid flight, because due to pressure, it would take 24,000 pounds of force to open the door.
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CBS News
Is it possible to open a jet plane's emergency exit door mid-flight?
A Leominster man allegedly tried to open an emergency exit door on a flight. But is it possible?
TIL "The rabbit died" used to be a common euphemism for a positive pregnancy test
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Rabbit test
pregnancy test
TIL In 1462, the Genoese lord of the island of Lesbos surrendered to the Ottoman Sultan Mehmed the Conquerer on the condition that his men's heads be spared. The Sultan agreed and had them cut in half instead.
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Ottoman conquest of Lesbos
The Ottoman conquest of Lesbos took place in September 1462. The Ottoman Empire, under Sultan Mehmed II, laid siege to the island's capital, Mytilene. After its surrender, the other forts of the island surrendered as well. The event put an end to the semi…
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TIL that the 2020 Beirut explosion left approximately 300,000 people homeless.
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2020 Beirut explosion
On 4 August 2020, a large amount of ammonium nitrate stored at the Port of Beirut in the capital city of Lebanon exploded, causing at least 218 deaths, 7,000 injuries, and US$15 billion in property damage, as well as leaving an estimated 300,000 people homeless.…
TIL Robin Williams was the one who suggested that Sid Meier‘s name should be put on each of his games
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Submitted September 15, 2024 at 02:32PM by Romboteryx
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Sid Meier's Pirates!
1987 video game
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TIL China Produces More Steel than the Rest of the World Combined
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List of countries by steel production
The article summarizes the world steel production by country.
TIL that Pinky Promise started in early modern Japan (1600-), presumably from the older punishment of cutting fingers for friendly fire, and by the late 1800s it was common among children across different parts of the world
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Pinky swear
gesture to signify the unbreakableness of a promise
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TIL that Frances Perkins was the first female cabinet member in U.S. history. She was appointed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt as the Secretary of Labor in 1933. Her appointment was a significant milestone for women in government and she played a crucial role in shaping New Deal policies.
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Frances Perkins
Workers-rights advocate and United States Secretary of Labor 1933–1945
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TIL Lake Baikal contains 22–23% of the world's fresh surface water (more than all of the North American Great Lakes combined)
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Lake Baikal
freshwater rift lake in southern Siberia, Russia